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June 6 – 2002 Eastern Mediterranean event: An object with an estimated diameter of 10 meters impacts with Earth's atmosphere over the Mediterranean and detonates in mid-air. [2] June 10 – Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002: Annular solar eclipse. September 25 – 2002 Vitim event: Possible bolide impact in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. [3]
The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, took place in South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development organizations, 10 years after the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Earth Science 2001 Bernard Widrow: Electrical Engineering 2002 Norman L. Allinger: Chemistry 2002 John W. Cahn: Materials Science, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science 2002 Mary-Dell Chilton: Life Science 2002 Sumio Iijima: Physics 2002 Gordon E. Moore: Bower Award for Business Leadership 2002 Shuji Nakamura: Engineering 2002 ...
Pages in category "2002 in science" ... Earth Simulator; I. Innermost inner core; L. List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2002; May 2002 lunar eclipse;
The Climate Change Response Act 2002 is passed by the government of New Zealand. The Prestige oil spill occurred off the coast of Galicia caused by the sinking of an oil tanker. The spill polluted thousands of kilometres of coastline and more than one thousand beaches on the Spanish, French and Portuguese coast, as well as causing great harm to ...
The Day The Earth Nearly Died is a British documentary produced by BBC to the science and philosophy series Horizon in 2002. The program focuses on the mystery of the Permian extinction, which scientists believe killed over 90% of all life on earth at the end of the Permian, some 250 million years ago. [1]
It takes simultaneous measurements of Earth's atmosphere, land, and water to understand how Earth is changing and to identify the consequences for life on Earth. [1] It is the flagship of the Earth Observing System (EOS) and the first satellite of the system which was followed by Aqua (launched in 2002) and Aura (launched in 2004). Terra was ...
524522 Zoozve (/ ˈ z uː z v eɪ / ⓘ; provisional designation 2002 VE 68) is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and temporary quasi-satellite of Venus. [5] Discovered in 2002, it was the first such object to be discovered around a major planet in the Solar System. It has nearly the same orbital period around the Sun that Venus does.